Category: GVAM
The newly opened National Archaeological Museum (MAN – Museo Arqueológico Nacional) in Madrid’s Golden Mile, offers visitors a multimedia guide tailored to the needs of people with disabilities. Visitors can purchase it with their entry ticket for an additional 2 euros. This is an alternative tool to traditional audio...
The National Archaeological Museum opened its doors yesterday after undertaking a complete refurbishment, both physical and digital. Those who can not come to admire the result, may do so from any location using the “MAN, National Archaeological Museum” app, developed by GVAM and freely available for IOS and Android....
The main Spanish organizations working for the rights and interests of persons with disabilities have expressed support for Áppside, a project born from the collaboration between Fundación Orange and GVAM Guías Interactivas to promote and implement accessible mobile applications in Spanish museums. For many disabled people, mobile technology is...
We addressed the following issues in our interview with Halena Rojas: the Smartphone user with visual disability and computer developers. Halena works as a consultant in the fields of accessibility, universal design e-learning and new technologies. She previously worked as a programmer in various educational projects. We had the...
Visitors to El Born Cultural Centre, which opened last September, can now request accessible mobile guides. These have been developed using GVAM technology. They perform the same functions as audio and traditional sign language guides, with the advantage that they integrates video and audio and they offer different options...
52% of Iberto American museum plan to develop an app between 2013 and 2015. Meanwhile, 41% do not have any such plans and the remaining 7% already have one. This is the main result of the “Apps in Museums and Cultural Centers in Iberto America” survey (spanish), commissioned by GVAM....
It’s time to show you the work we have been undertaking in recent months. We are launching Ventour 3.1, the new version of our CMS, with which you can make the most of the world of apps and gain more autonomy when designing and publishing apps. These are the...
There is no need to delve into the reasons why we took on Javier López-Cózar as our new Technical Director. We asked him about the evolution of cloud services, their future and their “forbidden paths”. First question … iOS or Android? Firefox OS! (He smiles). Seriously, both systems have...
Working for an accessible society implies going beyond a compliance with minimum legal requirements. One of the most effective tools to identify best practices and generate the “multiplier effect” is the coveted certification of accessibility. Adrian Yuste works for CEIS (Tests, Innovation and Services Center), an organization that has...
Visiting the Museo Lázaro Galdiano from your mobile is now possible. The Foundation is launching its official iPhone application, which has been developed with Ventour. The Museo Lázaro Galdiano app, adapted to people with sight and hearing impairments, can be your guide during the visit or a new way...
In the field of museums, content management systems have traditionally been used to manage and publish digitized collections online. However, in recent years, there has been a growing need to adapt these contents, both in format and in treatment, to mobile devices. The aim is to use these powerful...
With Content Management Systems (CMS), you can create, publish and update content on all kinds of digital systems, such as web pages, mobile applications (apps) or online shops. There are plenty of them, and they were born to meet the need of updating online publications without relying on a...
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